Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vibration control apparatus of wind turbine generator and wind turbine generator
- Patent Title (中): 风力发电机和风力发电机振动控制装置
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Application No.: US13047876Application Date: 2011-03-15
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Publication No.: US08322975B2Publication Date: 2012-12-04
- Inventor: Minoru Kawabata , Atsushi Kubo
- Applicant: Minoru Kawabata , Atsushi Kubo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kanesaka, Berner & Partners
- Main IPC: F03D11/00
- IPC: F03D11/00

Abstract:
A vibration control apparatus of a wind turbine generator that can be installed in a small space inside a tower, without a weight increase of the tower, and that can change the natural frequency thereof is provided. Included is a swinging rod extending in the vertical direction and suspended from beams provided on an upper part of the tower via a first universal joint; a flange part extending outward from the upper end outer surface of the swinging rod in the radial direction along the circumferential direction; a pendulum including a bob attached to the swinging rod and capable of moving up and down in the vertical direction; and a plurality of attenuation devices each of whose upper end is attached to the beams with a second universal joint and whose lower end is attached to the flange part with a third universal joint.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120063915A1 VIBRATION CONTROL APPARATUS OF WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2012-03-15
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